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Last "normal" trash day
On this day the average number of trash bags per week was recorded at 7. -
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Experiment duration
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Today I noticed that our recycle bin was almost full earlier than usual
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Today was the first time In awhile my sister used the recycle bin and I also explained what it was
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Today I began to realize how much more our family could be recycling.
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Today I noted how dirty our recyclables are and started to rinse out the empty containers
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I realized how many single use plastics I go through in a day
Specifically snacks and drink containers -
Today a learned and researched additional things I can recycle such as light bulbs and crayons.
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Family started to participate a lot more
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Took cans and bottles to dump to claim CRV
Today to empty the recycle bin I decided to make some extra money and take all of the weeks cans and bottles to claim the deposit you put on them when buying. -
First trash day after experiment
Today the results were in and out number of trash bags for the week was recorded -
We agreed that the implemented rules should stay
Not only did the surplus in recalables reduce our carbon footprint but they saved us money as excess bags cost more.